What’s happening at the laboratories?
What’s actually going on inside those huge brick buildings? Check the Citizen & Researcher each month for updates from the institutes and programs at the N.C. Research Campus. It’s news direct from their laptops and Blackberrys to you. UNC-Greensboro Center for Research Excellence in Bioactive Food Components Two post-doctoral fellows will join us in March. Research on a Chinese tea — Pu-erh — for obesity prevention should start immediately. —Dr. Wei Jia Co-director N.C. State University Program for Value-Added & Alternative Agriculture We continue to roll out the Fresh Produce Safety training across the state. This program trains Cooperative Extension agents to teach good agricultural practices to producers, helping them minimize risks when it comes to providing a safe food supply. — Leah Chester-Davis Coordinator of communications and community outreach UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute Seven scientists are working on funded research projects and designing new proposals to
